This song has been covered by dozens of artists, the title refrain providing a handy and catchy phrase of defiance broad enough to resonate with angsty teenagers, ornery people, and self-styled iconoclasts alike. Composed in 1922, and credited to a pair of piano players, Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins, the song is an excellent example of a early blues song that does not follow the 12-bar form that became almost synonymous with the style after the genre was commercialized